We love ideals not because they bring us certain benefits, but because they are ideals, and ideals are something black and white. In an ideal world, everything is in order, and this order is not found in real life.
That’s why ideals are so precious. The ideal life is often simple, because right is right and wrong is wrong, but because real life is complex, the ideal is the ideal, and the ideal is something to aspire to in the real world. However, the point of the matter is not what the ideal is, but that we live in reality.
Today, the movie we are going to recommend to you is about the ideal. A film based on real events in Korea is often the most attractive to the general audience. The exposure of reality is one of the characteristic points of Korean movies. Because of this, we have been able to see many, many great Korean films. This film is one of the many excellent Korean films, without exception.
It’s about an honest Korean soldier who, after a series of investigations, decides to expose the corruption in the Korean Ministry of Defense because something fishy is going on in the Ministry’s procurement program. And finally, with the help of Korean TV, he is able to bring down these corrupt elements in the Korean military.
At first glance, the movie is very daring, and many comments on Douban are praising the boldness of the movie. Some netizens are shouting that there are things that they don’t dare to film at home, and that Korea is ahead of the curve, and so on.
However, if we look at Korean commercial films that are very bold and realistic, we will find a common denominator. What happens after they are made?
The answer is also very simple, just shoot it and do nothing about it. As we all know, Korean cinema is known for its daredevil filmmaking, and even many well-known Korean films touch on a topic that everyone would like to see addressed, and that is politics.
This taboo word in the country has unwittingly become synonymous with Korean commercial cinema, a term that many people love and that Korean directors are slowly becoming keen to export. As a result, Korean films have become so popular that many directors have been crowned as the conscience of the film industry.
Some of the country’s movie fans, when they saw Korean movies, could not hide their longing for Korea as a “free country”.
However, after many years of longing, we find that Korea is still Korea, Korean movies are still Korean movies, and the corruption of the Korean government has not changed at all.
There have been several presidential administrations in Korea, but have they solved the problem? It’s worth looking at how many people actually reflect on problems after they’ve occurred.
The value of our existence is not to present problems for your amusement, but more often than not, it is the person who presents the problem and the solution that is the “ideal” worth pursuing. However, such “idealistic people” are few and far between and are not appreciated.
Nearly every Korean president has had a vision to change the country, but after his term in office, he eventually loses himself in the vision he has built.
Corruption after corruption, however, is almost nowhere to be found. The real problem in Korea cannot be solved by a few movies; the real crux of the matter is what is the country doing? Or in what way?
In every movie that deals with the inner workings of the Korean government or military, we always see a tall figure standing behind them, and when this figure is truly removed from Korean movies, then Korean movies will truly belong to Koreans.
As we see in this film, there are many truth-tellers in the military, and there is no shortage of righteous anti-corruption advocates. However, as these people come and go, and then die off, we always think that every time we cast a stone, a wave will turn up. The lake will disappear. Because although such waves are endless, the capacity of the lake is unfathomable.
I really hope that the Korean people will stand up for themselves and first of all, maintain the independence of their country from any outside forces, and then do the right thing on that basis. If we can’t solve the problem of independence and just oppose corruption with passion, the result will only be to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
The country does not really stand up, and is dependent on other countries for everything related to its autonomy, which will not change reality in the slightest, even if a lot of realistic films are made.
If we rely on films to resolve social conflicts, the social climate in Korea should be clean, but with so many realistic films, there is always an invisible and insurmountable line between ideals and reality in Korea. On the left and right, heaven and earth.
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